relieve the poor and comfort the afflicted

relieve the poor and comfort the afflicted

Helping the poor, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì P í Nb á K ǔ, which means helping the poor. It comes from Dunhuang bianwenji · Vimalakirti's scriptures.

The origin of Idioms

In Dunhuang bianwenji · Vimalakirti's scriptures, it is said that "if you always practice compassion and help the poor, you will return to those who have less than enough, and you will be the ones who are in good condition."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or object; used in writing. (1) the fourth fold of Ming Dynasty's Wu Mingshi's poem of breaking the wind: "recommend good men to do things, and help the poor." 2. Chapter 11 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms: "in the evening, there was a fire in the kitchen and the house was burned. Therefore, Zhu gave up his wealth to help the poor. "